scholarly journals Development and Validation of Near-Infrared Methods for the Quantitation of Caffeine, Epigallocatechin-3-gallate, and Moisture in Green Tea Production

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Shengsheng Zhang ◽  
Yamin Zuo ◽  
Qing Wu ◽  
Jiao Wang ◽  
Lin Ban ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Production Process ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Nondestructive Method ◽  
Chemical Components ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Analysis Model ◽  
Tea Leaves ◽  
Time Saving ◽  
Tea Production ◽  
Online Process Monitoring

The quality of tea leaves (e.g., their color, appearance, and taste) can be directly influenced by the tea production process, which is closely connected with the content of a number of chemical components formed during the production of the tea leaves. However, the production process is now controlled by people's experience, making its quality significantly different. NIRS is a time-saving, cost-saving, and nondestructive method. Therefore, it is necessary to introduce NIRS technology into the quality control of the tea production process. In this study, a quantitative analysis model of caffeine, epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), and moisture content was established by near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) which was united simultaneously with partial least squares (PLSR) for online process monitoring of tea production. The model parameters show that the established model has fine robustness and outstanding measuring accuracy. Then, the feasibility of the established method is verified by the traditional method. Through the verification of the precision of the instrument and the stability of the sample, it is clarified that the model can be further utilized to monitor tea product quality online in a productive process.

scholarly journals Application of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Analysis Technology to Total Nucleosides Quality Control in the Fermented Cordyceps Powder Production Process

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Tiannv Shi ◽  
Yongmei Guan ◽  
Lihua Chen ◽  
Shiyu Huang ◽  
Weifeng Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Infrared Spectroscopy ◽  
Production Process ◽  
Process Monitoring ◽  
Near Infrared Spectroscopy ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Powder Preparation ◽  
Spectroscopy Analysis ◽  
Online Process Monitoring ◽  
Online Process

Product quality control is a prerequisite for ensuring safety, effectiveness, and stability. However, because of the different strain species and fermentation processes, there was a significant difference in quality. As a result, they should be clearly distinguished in clinical use. Among them, the fermentation process is critical to achieving consistent product quality. This study aims to introduce near-infrared spectroscopy analysis technology into the production process of fermented Cordyceps powder, including strain culture, strain passage, strain fermentation, strain filtration, strain drying, strain pulverizing, and strain mixing. First, high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was used to measure the total nucleosides content in the production process of 30 batches of fermented Cordyceps powder, including uracil, uridine, adenine, guanosine, adenosine, and the process stability and interbatch consistency were analyzed with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) fingerprinting, followed by the near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) combined with partial least squares regression (PLSR) to establish a quantitative analysis model of total nucleosides for online process monitoring of fermented Cordyceps powder preparation products. The model parameters indicate that the established model with good robustness and high measurement precision. It further clarifies that the model can be used for online process monitoring of fermented Cordyceps powder preparation products.

scholarly journals Prevention solution of iroet dry tea product damage at KSU XXX, Sukatani Village, Garut

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Al Fattaah Muhammad Syah Fisabilillah
Keyword(s):  
Production Process ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Tea Leaves ◽  
Factory Workers ◽  
Good Manufacturing Practices ◽  
Tea Production

<em>One of dried tea product competitiveness can be seen from the quality of the tea. Therefore, to produce good quality tea is necessary to reduce the damage to dry tea. The implementation of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) during the process of picking fresh tea leaves and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) during processing to produce dry tea is a way to obtain quality tea. This study aims to analyze the causes of damage to the tea during the production process and to find a preventive solution. A case study conducted on KSU XXX, Sukatani Village, District Cilawu, Garut regency producing Iroet tea. The research method used is a case study and used qualitative design. Some of the causes of damage occurring in the Iroet tea production process are the farmers' bad habits while picking tea shoots, carelessness of factory workers when sorting, and the production process activities are undertaken by the workers are inconsistent with GAP and GMP. Based on the three causes, the main cause of damage to Iroet tea products are workers who do not apply GAP and GMP during the production process, resulting in poor quality of the resulting tea. The solution to prevent the destruction of iroet tea products is to add one to three grading workers, and pay farmers shoots in accordance with the grading results.</em>

Flexible Assembly Cell Optimization by Operational Analysis

2013 ◽  
Vol 309 ◽  
pp. 55-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Javorova ◽  
Martina Kusa ◽  
Miriam Matúšová
Keyword(s):  
Production Process ◽  
Situation Model ◽  
Competitive Environment ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Optimal Solutions ◽  
Flexible Assembly ◽  
Operational Analysis ◽  
Operation Analysis ◽  
Scientific Disciplines ◽  
Assembly Cell

Operation analysis one of the system scientific disciplines closely related to system engineering. This discipline is part of praxeology. Praxeology deals with the research effectiveness of the procedure methods for all areas of human activity. The aim of this analysis is creating solved situation model and their optimization. Optimization is model extremes finding. There are model parameters values that output achieved minimum or maximum. Competitive environment is the reason for finding optimal solutions in the production process.

scholarly journals A fast and low-cost approach to quality control of alcohol-based hand sanitizer using portable near infrared spectrometer and chemometrics

2021 ◽  
pp. 096703352098731
Author(s):  
Adenilton C da Silva ◽  
Lívia PD Ribeiro ◽  
Ruth MB Vidal ◽  
Wladiana O Matos ◽  
Gisele S Lopes
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Discriminant Analysis ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Nir Spectroscopy ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Chemical Components ◽  
Linear Discriminant ◽  
Hand Sanitizer

The use of alcohol-based hand sanitizers is recommended as one of several strategies to minimize contamination and spread of the COVID-19 disease. Current reports suggest that the virucidal potential of ethanol occurs at concentrations close to 70%. Traditional methods of verifying the ethanol concentration in such products invite potential errors due to the viscosity of chemical components or may be prohibitively expensive to undertake in large demand. Near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy and chemometrics have already been used for the determination of ethanol in other matrices and present an alternative fast and reliable approach to quality control of alcohol-based hand sanitizers. In this study, a portable NIR spectrometer combined with classification chemometric tools, i.e., partial least square discriminant analysis (PLS–DA) and linear discriminant analysis with successive algorithm projection (SPA–LDA) were used to construct models to identify conforming and non-conforming commercial and laboratory synthesized hand sanitizer samples. Principal component analysis (PCA) was applied in an exploratory data study. Three principal components accounted for 99% of data variance and demonstrate clustering of conforming and non-conforming samples. The PLS–DA and SPA–LDA classification models presented 77 and 100% of accuracy in cross/internal validation respectively and 100% of accuracy in the classification of test samples. A total of 43% commercial samples evaluated using the PLS–DA and SPA–LDA presented ethanol content non-conforming for hand sanitizer gel. These results indicate that use of NIR spectroscopy and chemometrics is a promising strategy, yielding a method that is fast, portable, and reliable for discrimination of alcohol-based hand sanitizers with respect to conforming and non-conforming ethanol concentrations.

scholarly journals Forest summer albedo is sensitive to species and thinning: how should we account for this in Earth system models?

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 2411-2427 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Otto ◽  
D. Berveiller ◽  
F.-M. Bréon ◽  
N. Delpierre ◽  
G. Geppert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Earth System ◽  
Forest Thinning ◽  
Area Index ◽  
System Models ◽  
Maximum Change ◽  
Earth System Models

Abstract. Although forest management is one of the instruments proposed to mitigate climate change, the relationship between forest management and canopy albedo has been ignored so far by climate models. Here we develop an approach that could be implemented in Earth system models. A stand-level forest gap model is combined with a canopy radiation transfer model and satellite-derived model parameters to quantify the effects of forest thinning on summertime canopy albedo. This approach reveals which parameter has the largest affect on summer canopy albedo: we examined the effects of three forest species (pine, beech, oak) and four thinning strategies with a constant forest floor albedo (light to intense thinning regimes) and five different solar zenith angles at five different sites (40° N 9° E–60° N 9° E). During stand establishment, summertime canopy albedo is driven by tree species. In the later stages of stand development, the effect of tree species on summertime canopy albedo decreases in favour of an increasing influence of forest thinning. These trends continue until the end of the rotation, where thinning explains up to 50% of the variance in near-infrared albedo and up to 70% of the variance in visible canopy albedo. The absolute summertime canopy albedo of all species ranges from 0.03 to 0.06 (visible) and 0.20 to 0.28 (near-infrared); thus the albedo needs to be parameterised at species level. In addition, Earth system models need to account for forest management in such a way that structural changes in the canopy are described by changes in leaf area index and crown volume (maximum change of 0.02 visible and 0.05 near-infrared albedo) and that the expression of albedo depends on the solar zenith angle (maximum change of 0.02 visible and 0.05 near-infrared albedo). Earth system models taking into account these parameters would not only be able to examine the spatial effects of forest management but also the total effects of forest management on climate.

scholarly journals An integrated framework for building trustworthy data-driven epidemiological models: Application to the COVID-19 outbreak in New York City

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheng Zhang ◽  
Joan Ponce ◽  
Zhen Zhang ◽  
Guang Lin ◽  
George Karniadakis
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Robustness Analysis ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Calibration Model ◽  
Epidemiological Models ◽  
Analysis Model ◽  
Identifiability Analysis

AbstractEpidemiological models can provide the dynamic evolution of a pandemic but they are based on many assumptions and parameters that have to be adjusted over the time when the pandemic lasts. However, often the available data are not sufficient to identify the model parameters and hence infer the unobserved dynamics. Here, we develop a general framework for building a trustworthy data-driven epidemiological model, consisting of a workflow that integrates data acquisition and event timeline, model development, identifiability analysis, sensitivity analysis, model calibration, model robustness analysis, and forecasting with uncertainties in different scenarios. In particular, we apply this framework to propose a modified susceptible–exposed–infectious–recovered (SEIR) model, including new compartments and model vaccination in order to forecast the transmission dynamics of COVID-19 in New York City (NYC). We find that we can uniquely estimate the model parameters and accurately predict the daily new infection cases, hospitalizations, and deaths, in agreement with the available data from NYC’s government’s website. In addition, we employ the calibrated data-driven model to study the effects of vaccination and timing of reopening indoor dining in NYC.

scholarly journals Summertime canopy albedo is sensitive to forest thinning

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 15373-15414 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Otto ◽  
D. Berveiller ◽  
F.-M. Bréon ◽  
N. Delpierre ◽  
G. Geppert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Canopy Structure ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Transfer Model ◽  
Forest Thinning ◽  
Crown Volume ◽  
The Difference

Abstract. Despite an emerging body of literature linking canopy albedo to forest management, understanding of the process is still fragmented. We combined a stand-level forest gap model with a canopy radiation transfer model and satellite-derived model parameters to quantify the effects of forest thinning, that is removing trees at a certain time during the forest rotation, on summertime canopy albedo. The effects of different forest species (pine, beech, oak) and four thinning strategies (light to intense thinning regimes) were examined. During stand establishment, summertime canopy albedo is driven by tree species. In the later stages of stand development, the effect of tree species on summertime canopy albedo decreases in favour of an increasing influence of forest thinning on summertime canopy albedo. These trends continue until the end of the rotation where thinning explains up to 50% of the variance in near-infrared canopy albedo and up to 70% of the variance in visible canopy albedo. More intense thinning lowers the summertime shortwave albedo in the canopy by as much as 0.02 compared to unthinned forest. The structural changes associated with forest thinning can be described by the change in LAI in combination with crown volume. However, forests with identical canopy structure can have different summertime albedo values due to their location: the further north a forest is situated, the more the solar zenith angle increases and thus the higher is the summertime canopy albedo, independent of the wavelength. Despite the increase of absolute summertime canopy albedo values with latitude, the difference in canopy albedo between managed and unmanaged forest decreases with increasing latitude. Forest management thus strongly altered summertime forest albedo.

Pedometric tools for classification of southwestern Amazonian soils: A quali-quantitative interpretation incorporating visible-near infrared spectroscopy

2022 ◽  
pp. 096703352110618
Author(s):  
Orlando CH Tavares ◽  
Tiago R Tavares ◽  
Carlos R Pinheiro Junior ◽  
Luciélio M da Silva ◽  
Paulo GS Wadt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Near Infrared ◽  
Environmental Variability ◽  
Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy ◽  
Soil Classification ◽  
R Package ◽  
Chemical Components ◽  
Soil Profiles ◽  
Wide Range

The southwestern region of the Amazon has great environmental variability, presents a great complexity of pedoenvironments due to its rich variability of geological and geomorphological environments, as well as for being a transition region with other two Brazilian biomes. In this study, the use of pedometric tools (the Algorithms for Quantitative Pedology (AQP) R package and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy) was evaluated for the characterization of 15 soil profiles in southwestern Amazon. The AQP statistical package—which evaluates the soil in-depth based on slicing functions—indicated a wide range of variation in soil attributes, especially in the superficial horizons. In addition, the results obtained in the similarity analysis corroborated with the description of physical, chemical components and oxide contents in-depth, aiding the classification of soil profiles. The in-depth characterization of visible-near infrared spectra allowed inference of the pedogenetic processes of some profiles, setting precedents for future work aiming to establish analytical strategies for soil classification in southwestern Amazon based on spectral data.

scholarly journals Nilai Tambah Produk Olahan Jahe Merah pada UD. VisionBali Herbal Indonesia, Denpasar

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
ARIEF SETIAWAN ROSO ◽  
I KETUT SUAMBA ◽  
NI WAYAN PUTU ARTINI
Keyword(s):  
Production Process ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Chemical Components ◽  
Red Ginger ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Product Output

The Added Value of Processed Red Ginger Product at UD. VisionBali Herbal Indonesia, DenpasarThis research aimed to determine the added value of red ginger as an herbal drink in one production process and to determine the level of profits earned by the company in the red ginger processing in one production process. Determination of the study area was done purposively and the analytical methods used was the method of added value calculation, i.e. the product value is deducted by the value of raw materials and other supporting materials.It can be concluded from the result of the research that the added value of the red ginger processing business obtained in one production process is Rp. 84.600,00/kg. The added value is obtained from the deduction of the value of the product/output of Rp. 175.000,00/kg with the cost of raw material (input prices) Rp. 25.000,00/kg and the contribution of the cost of other inputs of Rp. 65.400,00/kg. It was also found that the profits gained by the manufacturer from the processed red ginger into herbal drink in one production process was Rp. 200.954,06. The suggestion that can be given to the company is to put more attention in the details of its production costs so as not to result in a low ratio of added value and further to improve the marketing of the products, so that people are interested in re-use of herbal medicine that is free of chemical components.

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